How to Use sister in a Sentence

sister

noun
  • The sisters live in the convent.
  • His twin sister died the same year.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Hope begets hope, as my sister says.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Hope against hope, as my sister says.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • And your sisters were there and all the kids.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
  • They were led by three sisters.
    — Marielle Mohs, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Soon, her sister heard the news and joined her.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • And please thank your sister for her work as a nurse.
    — Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • My sister tells me that these words are no longer in use.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Or go see my sister and her baby.
    — Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 7 May 2026
  • Two sisters close to Lenín fought to set the record straight.
    — Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Since this time my sister has ghosted me.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • The sister of one of his servers was detained.
    — Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Judith thinks her sister is still out there.
    — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • That prompted me to want to look at my sister's death record.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Then, like a trite scene from a B-movie, my sister called.
    — Kate Clark Stone, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • His mother and sister moved with them, too.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • My mother’s sister’s kids lived with us as well.
    — Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
  • My sister’s husband is in poor health.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • Ali, who has a dark beard and thick hair, was close to his little sister.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
  • His sister Dory might have some pieces of that.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This young woman is looking at my sister as a hero?
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Her sister was on the bed with a shirt on covered in chocolate.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Why does everything have to be equal to what your sister has?
    — Toria Sheffield, People.com, 21 June 2025
  • My older sister and I didn’t get along for most of our lives.
    — A Dialogue, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Her mother and two sisters still live in Venezuela.
    — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • My sister found me at four in the morning, deathly pale.
    — Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Just a fun thing to do with your murderous bestie who drowned her sister!
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
  • And the response from the sisters seems to be silence.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Why, then, does Austen put a third sister in the novel at all?
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026

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